Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elevator

2 senses of elevator

Sense 1
elevator, lift -- (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)
       => lifting device -- (a device for lifting heavy loads)

Sense 2
elevator -- (the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend)
       => airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface -- (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)